Fundraiser in memory of Dana Sassano takes place today

A fundraiser in memory of Dana Sassano, the Clarkstown North High School senior who died in a car accident last week, is taking place today at Salon FX, 300 S Main St. in New City.

Sassano’s friends and classmates will be getting purple hair extensions put in for $10 each, with the salon donating the money to the charity of the Sassano family’s choice, said Susan Kaplan, whose daughter, Randi Kaplan, is one of the fundraiser’s organizers.

Dana Sassano of New City was ejected from the Toyota 4Runner she was traveling in with three Clarkstown South High School seniors after the SUV likely hit a patch of ice on Route 17A in Orange County on Dec. 29. The four teens were returning home after a daylong ski trip in New Jersey.

The fundraiser takes place until 7 p.m. this evening. Salon FX can be reached at 845-634-5151.

Robert Brum, assistant metro editor for Northern Westchester and Putnam, joined The Journal News in 1991. He was a copy editor in the paper's Harrison newsroom and night city editor in the Yonkers/Mount Vernon bureau before working in the Rockland newsroom from 1998 to 2011. He is now the local editor for the Putnam-Northern Westchester bureau. A graduate of Ramapo High School and SUNY Brockport, Brum lives in Westchester.